Digital Copywriter
Location: NZ, N, Auckland
Department: Marketing
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Function: Marketing

Company profile:
Vend is looking for some awesome new talent to come join us. You'll be working in an awesome team doing awesome things, and generally being awesome.Learn about us on our blog, or meet the team on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedInAwesome SpaceOur brand new Auckland office space is located on Nuffield Street in Newmarket, surrounded by our customers and the industry we love. It is huge, open, and shiny new with great meeting room spaces, casual working environments and plenty of space to host awesome events. We don't do cubicles, just plenty of space, whiteboards and meetings rooms. We also have a great cafe/retail space with our very own Front of House Manager taking care of our visitors and fellow Venders. Like Auckland our Melbourne office is surrounded by retail. It's a great wee space equipped with tiny houses and some awesome cardboard cutout animals.Our Toronto office is located right in the heart of downtown retail district. Like Melbourne and Auckland there's a great vibe with great coffee, boutique stores and some of the greatest restaurants in the city. Our SoMa office in San Francisco is located in the middle of the SF tech scene, just a (Biz) stone's throw from Twitter.The EnvironmentWe want you to be at the top of your game. You can wear whatever clothing you like, start work late in the morning, take breaks whenever you want and generally work the way you want to work. Who we're looking forVend is looking for people to push the boundaries. We are a hard working professional team with a wicked sense of humour, and we are looking for people who thrive in a collaborative open environment. We want passionate, hard working, talented individuals that want to lead in their field.

Job description:
If you don’t know already, Vend was founded in New Zealand in 2010 and is an award winning, venture backed, cloud-based point of sale platform for retail.  We’re chucking out crusty old cash registers and replacing them with iPads, touch screens and beautiful software.  We’re shaking things up and pushing out innovations, creating huge demand for our SaaS solution all over the world. We love small business retail and the technologies that empower local retailers to compete with the big chains and restore delight to the neighbourhood shopping experience. Accordingly, we immerse ourselves in these worlds in our New Zealand headquarters and in all of our international offices, including Melbourne, Toronto, San Francisco, Berlin &amp; now, London.The marketing team is all about helping Vend speak to as many customers as possible, delighting them with unique interactions and fresh ideas.  They are a world-class team serving the business globally from Auckland. They’re super passionate about what they do and you can be guaranteed to learn something with this awesome bunch.We’re looking for a Digital Copywriter to join the team and help keep our webpages and copy talking to the right people in the right way. Day-to-day you’ll be creating great copy, content and ideas across Vend’s website and all other activity.How you help us win?  The Vend tone and brand is surprising, delighting and consistent and across everything internal and external. You’ll be drawing inspiration from multiple places -overseeing web pages designed for their specific audiences, reviewing work from external agencies, putting together case studies and talking to customers all over the world, as well as using your own creative flair to produce original copy and content for varied audiences across our website, marketing, social and company needs - whether it is a recruitment video idea or an accounting magazine ad. This role is not limited to writing either! You’ll be coming up with ideas and executions that tell stories through images, video and web design.

Requirements:
You've written webpages that communicate complicated things to multiple audiences in interesting waysYou’ll be a writer that is great with long-form stories and brilliant five word headlinesYou’ll be an expert on user journeys, audiences and digital writingIdeally you’ll have written for a variety of media: TV, web or print, anywhere story and communication is importantYou feel like you get us - you’d have a good gut feel as to whether a piece of copy would be aligned with the Vend tone. A large part of this role will be working autonomously to review copy from external agenciesYou’re passionate about tech - maybe you’ve written for a future focussed title like Idealog in the past, or you love SaaSMost of all, you’ll be into making things for people that have character, wit, and fun

Benefits:
We have a global product and brand, and we’re using that to try and do good things for the retail world. We’re a company that has creativity and brand at the heart of everything it does. You can get behind something that is actually doing good, and work with a creative team. Ever wanted to be your own client?We have an open culture where we openly share our results and where your input is truly valued.We work hard but also have a lot of fun while we’re at it!Work-life balance.  We know you have a life outside of work and at Vend you can have a life inside work too.Utilise all your talents.  Not just the ones written in your job description.We welcome all of you at work.  We don’t want you to leave your personality at the door.Get in touch, apply now, hit that button, get it done and come have a chat with us. We can’t wait to hear from you!